WEBVTT 00:20.820 --> 00:22.355 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% PLANETS IN THE KITCHEN! 00:22.455 --> 00:24.391 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% DEAN: WELCOME TO STAR GAZERS! 00:24.491 --> 00:27.427 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FROM THE CINCINATTI OBSERVATORY. 00:27.527 --> 00:31.931 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% JAMES: AND I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, 00:32.032 --> 00:33.466 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% FLORIDA. 00:33.566 --> 00:35.502 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% THIS WEEK, WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU PUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM IN PERSPECTIVE. 00:35.602 --> 00:37.070 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% DEAN: THAT'S RIGHT, JAMES. 00:37.170 --> 00:40.607 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% OUR SOLAR SYSTEM IS SO LARGE WITH RESPECT TO THE SIZE OF THE PLANETS, 00:40.707 --> 00:45.145 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THAT MOST PEOPLE, OURSELVES INCLUDED, HAVE NEVER REALLY HAD A CLEAR CONCEPT 00:45.245 --> 00:46.679 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% OF THE SCALE OF THE UNIVERSE. 00:46.780 --> 00:50.450 align:left position:87.5%,start line:83% size:2.5% JAMES: TO SAY THAT SPACE IS BIG IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. 00:50.550 --> 00:52.986 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% HOW OFTEN DO WE THINK THAT THOSE BEAUTIFUL SPARKLING POINTS 00:53.086 --> 00:57.257 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% OF LIGHT IN THE SKY ARE ACTUALLY SUNS LIKE OUR SUN, YET THEY'RE SO FAR AWAY 00:57.357 --> 00:59.092 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% THAT THEY APPEAR AS MERE POINTS OF LIGHT? 00:59.192 --> 01:02.896 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% DEAN: AND HOW OFTEN DO WE THINK OF THE DIFFERENCES IN SIZES BETWEEN 01:02.996 --> 01:07.133 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% THE VARIOUS PLANETS AS THEY DRIFT ACROSS OUR EVENING AND MORNING SKIES? 01:07.233 --> 01:10.703 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% JAMES: EVEN WITH ALL THE EASY ACCESS WE HAVE TO INFORMATION ABOUT 01:10.804 --> 01:14.441 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% THE UNIVERSE, MANY OF US STILL DONT REALLY RELATE TO THE SIZE AND DISTANCE 01:14.541 --> 01:16.242 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% OF THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO THE NIGHT SKY. 01:16.342 --> 01:19.379 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: SO, WE HAVE A NEAT DEMONSTRATION THAT CAN HELP, AND 01:19.479 --> 01:23.283 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% YOU CAN DO IT AT HOME, USING EVERY DAY OBJECTS YOU CAN FIND IN YOUR KITCHEN. 01:23.383 --> 01:25.251 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% JAMES: WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? 01:25.351 --> 01:26.653 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% LET'S SHOW YOU! 01:26.753 --> 01:30.824 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: OK, LET'S FIRST TALK ABOUT JUPITER, EARTH AND OUR SUN. 01:30.924 --> 01:33.259 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% JUPITER IS OUR LARGEST PLANET, BUT WHAT DOES THAT 01:33.359 --> 01:34.727 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% REALLY MEAN? 01:34.828 --> 01:38.731 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% WE CAN EASILY LOOK UP THE FACT THAT WE COD FIT 1300 EARTHS INSIDE 01:38.832 --> 01:43.369 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% JUPITER, OR IT WOD TAKE 1.3 MILLION EARTHS TO FILL UP OUR SUN. 01:43.470 --> 01:46.372 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% JAMES: OR TAKE THEIR DISTANCES FOR EXAMPLE. 01:46.473 --> 01:49.709 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% IF YOU DROVE IN A CAR FROM THE SUN TO THE EARTH AT 70 MILES 01:49.809 --> 01:54.214 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% PER HOUR, IT WOD TAKE YOU ALMOST 150 YEARS TO MAKE THE TRIP. 01:54.314 --> 01:56.950 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% FURTHERMORE, IT WOD TAKE YOU ALMOST 800 YEARS TO DRIVE 01:57.050 --> 02:01.321 align:left position:87.5%,start line:83% size:2.5% FROM THE SUN TO JUPITER AND ALMOST 6000 YEARS TO DRIVE FROM THE SUN TO PLUTO. 02:01.421 --> 02:04.791 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% DEAN: BUT NUMBERS ARE EASILY FORGOTTEN, SO IF YOU REALLY WANT 02:04.891 --> 02:09.329 align:left position:87.5%,start line:83% size:2.5% TO RELATE TO THE COSMOS, IT'S BEST TO THINK OF IT IN EVERY DAY TERMS AND WHAT 02:09.429 --> 02:11.798 align:left position:87.5%,start line:83% size:2.5% COULD BE MORE EVERY DAY THAN YOUR KITCHEN. 02:11.898 --> 02:15.301 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% JAMES: SO, THE NEXT TIME YOU PICK UP AN ORANGE, PRETEND 02:15.401 --> 02:16.569 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% THAT IT'S THE SUN. 02:16.669 --> 02:19.672 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THEN, TAKE A SALT SHAKER AND SPRINKLE SOME SALT IN YOUR 02:19.772 --> 02:21.274 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% HAND. 02:21.374 --> 02:24.310 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IF YOU CAN PICK UP JUST ONE OF THOSE GRAINS OF SALT, THAT WILL REPRESENT 02:24.410 --> 02:25.578 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% THE EARTH. 02:25.678 --> 02:27.747 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: THEN, TO PLACE THEM AT THEIR PROPER DISTANCES, 02:27.847 --> 02:31.417 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% PUT THAT BIT OF SALT 30 FEET AWAY FROM THE ORANGE. 02:31.518 --> 02:34.587 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% THAT IS THE SIZE AND SCALE OF THE EARTH AND THE SUN. 02:34.687 --> 02:37.056 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% DEAN: NOW TAKE A BLACK BEAN. 02:37.157 --> 02:41.294 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THIS LITTLE BLACK BEAN REPRESENTS THE PLANET JUPITER, CIRCLING 200 02:41.394 --> 02:44.264 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% FEET AWAY, OR ONE CITY BLOCK AWAY FROM THE ORANGE. 02:44.364 --> 02:46.566 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: THE PLANET SATURN, WOULD BE ANOTHER BLACK 02:46.666 --> 02:50.103 align:left position:87.5%,start line:83% size:2.5% BEAN, TWO CITY BLOCKS AWAY (OR 400 FEET FROM THE ORANGE). 02:50.203 --> 02:55.508 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DEAN: PLUTO, EVERYONE'S FAVORITE DWARF PLANET, WOD BE ONE SPECK OF FINELY GROUND PEPPER, 02:55.608 --> 02:57.744 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% 10 CITY BLOCKS FROM THE ORANGE. 02:57.844 --> 03:01.214 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: BUT OUR SUN IS JUST ONE OF BILLIONS OF STARS IN A 03:01.314 --> 03:03.149 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% FAMILY WE CALL OUR GALAXY. 03:03.249 --> 03:09.822 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% ON THIS SAME SCALE, THE SUN'S CLOSEST NEIGHBOR, ALPHA CENTAURI, IS ANOTHER ORANGE, 1300 MILES 03:09.923 --> 03:11.224 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% AWAY! 03:11.324 --> 03:13.927 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% DEAN: AND ALL THE OTHER STARS ARE FRUITS OF DIFFERENT SIZES 03:14.027 --> 03:17.330 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% AND ON THE AVERAGE ARE 2000 MILES APART. 03:17.430 --> 03:20.433 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% SO TO MAKE OUR GALAXY, THE MILKY WAY, WE WILL NEED 03:20.533 --> 03:25.004 align:left position:65%,start line:83% size:25% 200 TO 400 BILLION ORANGES, GRAPEFRUITS, CANTALOUPES AND PUMPKINS. 03:25.104 --> 03:29.609 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IF YOU COD AMASS THAT MUCH FRUIT, YOU'D THEN NEED TO DISTRIBUTE IT OVER 03:29.709 --> 03:34.414 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% A SPACE 20 MILLION MILES IN DIAMETER.AND THAT'S JUST ONE GALAXY! 03:34.514 --> 03:38.551 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: BUT, TO SHOW THE NUMBER OF STARS IN ALL THE GALAXIES IN THE VISIBLE 03:38.651 --> 03:42.322 align:left position:67.5%,start line:83% size:22.5% UNIVERSE, IT WOULD TAKE MORE ORANGES, GRAPEFRUITS, MELONS AND PUMPKINS 03:42.422 --> 03:45.325 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THAN HAVE EVER GROWN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME! 03:45.425 --> 03:49.362 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% THERE MAY BE TWO TRILLION GALAXIES IN OUR UNIVERSE, EACH WITH 03:49.462 --> 03:50.930 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% BILLIONS OF STARS IN THEM. 03:51.030 --> 03:55.268 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: AND REMEMBER, OUR SUN IS JUST ONE OF THOSE ORANGES, WITH IT'S 03:55.368 --> 04:01.140 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% 8 MAJOR PLANETS AND 5 DWARF PLANETS, ALL MERE SPECKS OF SALT, PEPPER 04:01.241 --> 04:04.978 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% AND BLACK BEANS, CIRCLING LESS THAN 15 CITY BLOCKS AWAY. 04:05.078 --> 04:08.681 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: OR THINK OF IT LIKE THIS THE NEXT TIME YOU'RE IN YOUR KITCHEN. 04:08.781 --> 04:13.152 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IF WE COULD FIT OUR ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SUN AND ALL IT'S PLANETS, INCLUDING 04:13.253 --> 04:17.757 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THE DISTANCES BETWEEN THEM, INSIDE A COFFEE CUP, OUR GALAXY WOULD BE THE SIZE 04:17.857 --> 04:19.626 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% OF NORTH AMERICA! 04:19.726 --> 04:23.796 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: NOW THAT'S A CUP OF JOE THAT'LL REALLY WAKE YOU UP IN THE MORNING AS YOU BOTH: KEEP 04:23.896 --> 04:27.896 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% LOOKING UP!